Annual Research Briefs 2008

• Preface
• A probabilistic framework for high-speed flow simulations.
  R. Pecnik, P. Constantine, F. Ham and G. Iaccarino
• Breaking the curse of dimensionality for a class of PDEs with stochastic inputs.
  A. Doostan and G. Iaccarino
• A rational interpolation scheme with super-polynomial rate of convergence.
  Q. Wang, P. Moin and G. Iaccarino
• Minimal repetition dynamic checkpointing algorithm for unsteady adjoint calculation.
  Q. Wang and P. Moin
• Application of data assimilationmethods to a dynamo model with turbulent magnetic helicity.
  I. N. Kitiashvili, A. G. Kosovichev, T. Bewley, J. Cessna and C. Colburn
• An immersed boundary method for numerical simulations of boundary layers with roughness.
  O. Marxen and G. Iaccarino
• Direct numerical simulation of canonical shock/turbulence interaction.
  J. Larsson
• Spurious oscillations and conservation errors in interface-capturing schemes.
  E. Johnsen
• Numerical errors generated in simulations of slowly moving shocks.
  E. Johnsen and S. K. Lele
• Large-eddy simulation of jet mixing in a supersonic turbulent cross-flow.
  S. Kawai and S. K. Lele
• Dimensional reduction approach to shock-capturing.
  P. Stinis
• Analysis of the FIRE II flight experiment by means of a collisional radiative model.
  T. E. Magin, M. Panesi, A. Bourdon and A. Bultel
• Grid-independent large-eddy simulation using explicit filtering.
  S. T. Bose, P. Moin and D. You
• A dynamic global-coefficient subgrid-scale model for compressible turbulence in complex geometries.
  D. You and P. Moin
• Modeling of the subfilter scalar dissipation rate.
  G. Balarac, V. Raman and H. Pitsch
• Analysis of the entire surge cycle of a multi-stage high-speed compressor.
  S. Teramoto
• Large-eddy simulation analysis of turbulent combustion in a gas turbine engine combustor.
  D. You, F. Ham and P. Moin
• DNS of a buoyancy-dominated turbulent flow using an immersed boundary method.
  S. Kang, G. Iaccarino and F. Ham
• Large-eddy simulation of a turbulent buoyant helium plume.
  G. Blanquart and H. Pitsch
• DNS of droplet evaporation and combustion in a swirling combustor.
  K. Luo, O. Desjardins and H. Pitsch
• Radiation-spray coupling for realistic flow configurations.
  H. El-Asrag and H. Pitsch
• Numerical simulation of scalar dispersion downstream of a square obstacle.
  R. Rossi and G. Iaccarino
• Prediction of sound generated by complex flows at low Mach number regimes.
  Y. Khalighi, A. Mani, F. Ham and P. Moin
• Detailed modeling of combustion noise using a hydrodynamic/acoustic splitting model.
  A. Giauque and H. Pitsch
• Combustion noise modeling using compressible simulations.
  A. L. Birbaud and H. Pitsch
• Improved scalar transport for unstructured finite volume methods using simplex superposition.
  F. Ham
• Simulations of vortex-dominated flows: adaptive vorticity confinement vs. rotational-form upwinding.
  S. Hahn and G. Iaccarino
• Phase transition approach to detecting singularities of PDEs.
  P. Stinis
• Entry length requirements for direct simulations of turbulent boundary layers
  J. Jimenez, M. P. Simens, S. Hoyas and Y. Mizuno
• On well-balanced schemes for non-equilibrium flow with stiff source terms.
  W. Wang, C.-W. Shu, H. C. Yee and B. Sjogreen
• Large-activation-energy theory for premixed combustion under the influence of enthalpy fluctuations in the oncoming mixture. Part I: general formulation.
  X. Wu and P. Moin
• Large-activation-energy theory for premixed combustion under the influence of enthalpy fluctuations in the oncoming mixture. Part II: applications.
  X. Wu and P. Moin
• Direct numerical simulation of soot formation in turbulent non-premixed flames.
  F. Bisetti, G. Blanquart and H. Pitsch
• Detailed simulations of primary breakup of turbulent liquid jets in crossflow.
  M. G. Pai, O. Desjardins and H. Pitsch
• A level set based method for calculating flux densities in two-phase flows.
  M. Raessi
• Large-eddy simulation of an evaporating and reacting spray.
  T. Lederlin and H. Pitsch
• Diffuse-interface modeling of liquid-vapor phase separation in a van der Waals fluid.
  A. G. Lamorgese and R. Mauri
• Signatures of emerging subsurface structures in the Sun.
  T. Hartlep, A. G. Kosovichev, J. Zhao and N. N. Mansour
• Appendix: Center for Turbulence Research 2008 Roster